1963: Parnelli Jones The video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiwFqnjK3ME
Race for Heros Dr Indy See also INDY 1967....Parnelli Jones Surprise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqUYujo3NFQ
Auto Racing Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE6rgs-wltY Brock Yates
By Robin Miller
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...lli-jones.html
1964: AJ Foyt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7pxphQQF3o Brock Yates
Also 1961, 1967, 1977
AJ foyt 24 hours of daytona 1983
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/o...ml#post9384526
'64 Indy 500 pre race and first two laps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6LSJidf91M
Indianapolis 500 1964 very old vintage film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt3SElbXwjQ
1964 Eisert 'Harrison Special' Indy Car
Eisert No. 001, Featured in Road & Track star
- Engine
4.9/485 HP
- Trans
4-Speed
- Color
Red
- Interior
Black
- VIN/Serial
001
Estimate
$350,000 - $450,000
Highlights
- The oldest remaining mid-engined American Indy Car
- the start of the mid-engine revolution
- One of five historic Indy Cars chosen to represent the 100 year anniversary of the Indy 500 by Road and Track Magazine for their May, 2016 cover story, 'Dancing with Giants'
- Tested in October 2015 at IMS by Road & Track magazine
- Cover car for the May, 1965 issue of Sports Car Graphic
- Cover car for the May, 2016 issue of Road and Track
- Design inspired by Lotus 18 and Lotus 24 Formula 1 car
- Fiberglass and aluminum body panels
- Steel space frame
- Original de-stroked fuel injected 302CID/485 HP Corvette engine
- Original 4-speed manual Colotti transaxle
- Comprehensively sorted, race ready piece of Indy history
- Sold on a bill of sale
Eisert #001 is the oldest remaining mid-engined American Indy Car, the revolution that changed the race forever. It represents one of the finest eras of Indy history, the last where a regular guy with a dream could build a car and compete against the world’s best. A time where the cars became brutally fast but were still uncomplicated and fun to drive. No downforce. No exotic engines. No computers. Just a builder, a driver and a dream.
One of those combinations was Frank Harrison and Jerry Eisert. In 1964 Harrison commissioned Eisert to build a brand-new Indy car. Based on the very successful Formula One Lotus chassis design, the result was called the "Harrison Special.” Its history, while not a winning one, is one of two guys building a new car and taking a hard swing for the fence and making a damn good show of it. Car #001 was raced in 1965 as #96 by Canadian Billy Foster after Skip Hudson failed his rookie test in the car. Al Unser then took over driving duties but was also not fast enough to qualify the new car for the big show. Undeterred, Foster later finished 11th at the Phoenix 150 on March 28th, and 7th at the Trenton 100 on April 25th in #001. Johnny Rutherford then ran the car at the Milwaukee 100 on June 6th 1965, finishing 15[SUP]th[/SUP]. In 1966 the car made a second appearance at the Indy 500 as the #69 Arciero Brothers car with driver Ronnie Bucknum but again failed to qualify. Eisert #001 returned to Indy with Otto Becker for the last time in 1968 as the #46 "Lotus Chevrolet Special."
The mid-engine revolution this car helped usher in didn’t go unnoticed and #001 was featured on the cover of the May 1965 issue of Sports Car Graphic magazine, with a 6 page feature article inside that included a cutaway drawing.
After many years in retirement the car has been painstakingly restored to its 1966 "Arciero Brothers" Indy 500 livery. It retains its original chassis, body, and Corvette small block race engine de-stroked to 302 CI. It now produces 485 HP at 7,500 RPM with its correct Enderle Fuel Injection, Joe Hunt Magneto, and dry sump oiling system. The original Mickey Thompson valve covers fitted by Eisert with his hand stamped valve lash and timing instructions are still in place, as is the original Colotti Type 37 4-speed gearbox and its original four-wheel disc brakes with Girling BR racing calipers and vented rotors.
It has been thoroughly sorted by Newman-Haas Racing’s former championship winning Chief Mechanic, Don Hoevel. Properly set up for historic road race use it has also been fitted with an onboard starter and battery, and tuned to run on gasoline rather than methanol. It has raced in the vintage Indy Car event during the 2009 Indy 500, the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2009, the HAWK with Brian Redman at Road America in 2012, and shown at the invitational "Stars of Indy" at the 2013 Barrington Concours.
Most recently it was one of the five historic Indy Cars chosen to represent the 100[SUP]-year[/SUP] anniversary of the Indy 500 by Road & Track Magazine for their May 2016 cover story entitled “Dancing With Giants.” As a part of this story, Eisert #001 was tested at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where it performed flawlessly. It was also the cover car for the issue.
Unlike most vintage racecars it is also extremely original retaining most of its original components. But most importantly it has been restored, prepared, and sorted regardless of cost into a reliable and extremely fun and easy to drive vintage racecar. Unlike later cars, with its Chevy V-8, robust chassis, and simple construction it is also easy to maintain.
Road & Track writer Sam Smith stated after driving it at Indy: “It’s a Formula Ford on steroids. You’re one with the car. It has the grip, the brakes, and Hand of God power. And that sound! You can’t help but want to race it. I’m hooked.”
1965: Jim Clark won...a few weeks after the 1968 Indy 500, Jim Clark died in a car crash.
Al Unser Sr, talks about Jimmy Clark's 1965 Lotus-Ford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H-otmnbe3g
50 years ago: remembering Jim Clark
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/a...ml#post9403337
Legends on the grid Jim Clark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23xclnhWWE
Racing legend Jim Clark many articles
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/general-car-chat/827086-racing-legends-jim-clark-indy-500-formula-1-a.html#post9384854
1965 Indy 500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpVnxhFZ72s
INDY '65 the untold story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WFZKcYH-uw
Fifty years ago - on May 31, 1965 - Memorial Day in the USA - Jim Clark secured the first half of his historic achievement with Team Lotus. In becoming the first "Foreigner" to win at Indy since Dario Resta in 1916 - and the first to win in a rear-engined car - Clark set the scene for a double-whammy that will never be repeated. Clark would go on to secure the F1 World Championship that same year with a stunning series of wins but in May, 50 years ago, all his focus was on Indy - on rocking the establishment and changing the way the Americans went racing. Here, for the first time, Jim Clark's mechanic for the month of May - Australia's Jim Smith - looks back at that epic time. A marine engineer who captured the attention of Colin Chapman while he was back-packing in the UK, Jim is a no-nonsense Aussie who perfectly complemented the brilliance of Clark and Chapman. He remained a friend of Jim''s long after he left Team Lotus and today resides in Sydney, where we spoke. For more images of Jim Clark's 1965 Month of May, visit
http://peterwindsor.com
1966: Graham Hill
1967: AJ Foyt ABC Sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVzKKYlu5vw
by canadianindyfan
Also 1961, 1964, 1977
1967: Parnelli Jones Surprise...his STP turbine quit 6 laps from victory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5ajIANFdY
The story: https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...-car-quit.html